Changing motor synergies in chronic stroke.

@article{Dipietro2007ChangingMS,
  title={Changing motor synergies in chronic stroke.},
  author={Laura Dipietro and H. I. Krebs and Susan E. Fasoli and Bruce T. Volpe and Joel Stein and Christopher T. Bever and Neville Hogan},
  journal={Journal of neurophysiology},
  year={2007},
  volume={98 2},
  pages={
          757-68
        }
}
Synergies are thought to be the building blocks of vertebrate movements. The inability to execute synergies in properly timed and graded fashion precludes adequate functional motor performance. In humans with stroke, abnormal synergies are a sign of persistent neurological deficit and result in loss of independent joint control, which disrupts the kinematics of voluntary movements. This study aimed at characterizing training-related changes in synergies apparent from movement kinematics and… 
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